Leviticus 5:1
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
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Swearing
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Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
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אָלָה
ʼâlâh · aw-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
Strong's KJV usage: adjure, curse, swear.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hosea 4:2Strong's last: Hosea 10:4
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ʼâlâh · aw-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
an imprecation
Strong's KJV usage: curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 5:1Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:10
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H423
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
H423
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
H422
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
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swearing
SWEARING, participle present tense Affirming upon oath; uttering a declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of it.
1. Putting upon oath; causing to swear.
SWEARING, noun The act or practice of affirming on oath. swearing in court is lawful.
1. Profaneness. All swearing not required by some law, or in conformity with law, is criminal. False swearing or perjury is a crime of a deep dye.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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